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Machomane

Machomane is a type of dance which is popularly known to be performed by traditional healers in Botswana who use strong African traditional medicine. Machomane dance is usually accompanied by three people who are drum beaters.

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Machomane is a type of dance which is popularly known to be performed by traditional healers in Botswana who use strong African traditional medicine.

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Machomane is a type of dance which is popularly known to be performed by traditional healers in Botswana who use strong African traditional medicine.

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Machomane is a type of dance which is popularly known to be performed by traditional healers in Botswana who use strong African traditional medicine. Machomane dance is usually accompanied by three people who are drum beaters.

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Machomane”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.

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